Manifolding-pad holder.



No. 881,497. PATBNTED MAR. 10,1908. A. R STAPLES.

MANIPOLDING PAD HOLDER; APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, 1907.

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ALBERT F. STAPLES, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

MANIFOLDING-PAD HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed ctober 28, 1907.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Serial No. 399,435.

object of the invention is to provide a pad holder of this kind with improved and simplified means for securing the pad in place in the holder.

Another object of the invention is to combine with the pad-securing device a guard to protect the transfer sheet where it passes over the edge of the pad.

To these ends the invention comprises a holder provided with a clip mounted so as to be movable laterally towards and'from the edge of the pad so as to engage and disengage the edge of the pad and the adjacent edge of the back of the holder.

More specifically, the invention comprises also a pivoted arm on which the clip is mounted, a portion of this arm being formed to serve as a guard for the purpose above set forth.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an isometric perspective of a holder for manifolding pads embodying the present invention, with the clip moved to position to disengage the pad. Fig. 2 is a rear View of the holder, with the cover closed and the clip in operative position.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention comprises a back 1, constructed preferably of sheet metal or other stifl material and a cover 2 hinged to the upper end of the back. An upright flange 3 is formed at the end of the back 1, and the metal is bent, at the juncture between the flange and the back, to form a bead 4 for the reception of an elongated link 5. The material of the cover 2 is looped around the link, which thus serves as a loose connection permitting the cover to be either opened and folded back or to be closed over the front of the pad. Pockets 6 are provided at the ends of the cover for th reception of a score sheet.

The pad 7 is placed on the back of the holder with its upper end against the flange 3. An arm 8 of resilient sheet metal is provided with an ear 9 by which it is pivoted to the back near its lower corner. This arm carries the clip for securing the pad to the back. The clip is formed integral with the end of the arm and is generally Ushaped in cross section, comprising a portion 11 to engage the back and a resilient arm 12 which engages the upper end of the pad. When the clip is moved to the position of Fig. 2 it presses the pad and the back resiliently to gether and holds the pad in place, while the pad may be instantly released and replaced by swinging the clip away as in Fig. 1.

A portion 13 of the arm 8 is formed to ex tend upwardly as shown in'Fig. 1 to form a guard for the transfer sheet 14 where it passes over the edge of the pad.

To hold the pad in place with additional security a fixed clip 15 is secured to the back opposite to the clip 10, this clip being formed integral with a strip 16 extending nearly across the back of the holder.

The holder above described may be modified in 'various ways without departure from the nature and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A holder for manifolding pads comprising a back, a clip comprising a U-shaped piece of spring metal and adapted to embrace the back and a pad thereon at one margin thereof to hold the pad in place, and connections between the back and the clip to permit the clip to be moved laterally into or out of engagement with the pad and the back.

2. A holder for manifolding pads comprising a back and an arm pivoted at one end to a lateral margin of the back and provided at the other end with a clip to engage and hold the upper margin of a pad, a portion of the arm between the clip and the being formed as an up-standing ange covering the edge of the pad.

3. A holder for manifolding pads comprising a back, and a clip-member comprising an arm pivoted to the back near one lateral edge,-

a portion engaging the lower surface of the back near its upper end, and a resilient padengaging member extending over the upper ivoted end end of the back, the clip being disengaged by arranged to engage the opposite margin of swinging it laterally out of contact With the the pad. 10

ad and the back. In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature 4. A holder for manifolding pads comprisin presence of two Witnesses. .ing a back, a resilient clip movably con- ALBERT F. STAPLES nected with the back and formed to em- WVitnesses: brace the back and a lateral margin of a pad N. L. GRAY,

thereon, and a clip fixed to the back and D. M. QUINN 

